Monday, January 11, 2010

Its all about pace

I was reading Runners World, trying to figure out some good new treadmill workouts, and most of the workouts discuss pace in relative terms: 20 seconds faster than your 5K pace, 30 seconds slower than your marathon pace, etc. Which made me wonder: what is my pace for those races? I have certainly run plenty of 5 and 10Ks, I should know my pace.

Here's what I was able to find from Google:
Date/RaceName/Distance (miles)/Pace
2002, Halloween Hustle, 3.1, 9.41
2002, Race to stop global warming, 5, 11.25
2003, Beach 2 Beacon, 6.2, 9.51
2003, James Joyce Ramble, 6.2, 9.54
2005, Ras na Eireann, 3.1, 10.56
2005, Turkey Trot, 3.5, 9.58
2006, Beach 2 Beacon, 6.2, 10.03
2006, James Joyce Ramble, 6.2, 10.04
2006, BAA Half marathon, 13.1, 10.26
2007, Westborough 5K, 3.1, 10.42
2007, Marathon Sports 5 Miler, 5, 10.27
2008, Westborough Police 10K, 6.1, 10.08
2008, Wobble Gobble, 3.1, 10.06

It looks like I'm right around 10 minute miles for 5K and 10Ks, on average. There are some exceptions and outliers on this list, some 5Ks were just a cold-turkey start with little training. There are several races missing from this list, but this is good enough. I'm annoyed that I didn't run a single race in 2009, especially when you consider I ran 2 in 2008, the first just 14 weeks after I'd had a baby!

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